Monthly Archives: August 2010

These are two popular and amusing songs that were featured in the 2009 Cropover (Carnival) Festival in Barbados. Many found them extremely amusing as they encompassed the competition between Barbadian (Bajan) and Guyanese women for the Bajan men.. …. Enjoy!!

Read the latest edition of the Buxton-Friendship Express Newsletter which gives all the details related to the recent celebration of the 170th anniversary of the formation of the village and the development projects that are planned.

Real Old Guyana Calypso – Bill Rogers

Here are three really vintage Guyanese calypso recordings by Bill Rogers,(Real name Augustus Hinds), a Guyanese singer from the 1930’s and 1940’s. This type of music was called “Shanto”. Have a listen and a laugh at the lyrics as they scrool down as the music is played. Enjoy!!

B.G BHAJI

B.G.(which stood for British Guiana in Bill Rogers’ time )was probably his most popular song. It was re-made by other artistes and was also used in commercial jingles.

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Castellani House
Original design by Cesar Castellani – 1882.

This building has gone through many changes over the years since it was built in 1882, and has been used for many different purposes. Here are three pictures that reflect the changes in its architecture over the 130 years. It is located on Vlissengen Road, south of the entrance to the Botanical Gardens in Georgetown.

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GEORGETOWN – ARCHITECTURE (1960)

Photographs circa 1960 – Taken by the “ROVING” J.P. Ferreira. It is said that J.P. Ferreira went nowhere without a camera and would spend hours in front of a building waiting to get the right cloud behind the building. There ia a lack of people in most of the photos because they were taken on Sunday mornings, when most people were at home enjoying their breakfast.

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An 1888 drawing showing the intersection of High Street (a.k.a. Avenue Of the Republic) and New North Street ( a.k.a. Company Path), Georgetown.

On the left is the Hand-In-Hand Fire Insurance Co. building, with the old post office tower in the background. On the right are the Assembly Rooms. (The Post Office and the ‘Assembly Rooms’ were destroyed in the 1945 great fire). The Bank Of Guyana and the Georgetown Museum are now located on the site previously occupied.

Old Georgetown - 1888

Water Street Engraving - 1888

An engraving of Water Street – Georgetown , by Milton Prior, published in the Illustrated London News on April 23rd, 1888.